Pei Ze turned his head to look at Xu Lishan, and did not answer Xu Lishan's question immediately, because the minister who was summoned by the emperor to wait for Xiao Yanzhi had not left yet, and seemed to be waiting to hear something from Pei Ze's mouth, so Pei Ze couldn't say anything, so he could only leave the Liangyi Hall first.

Seeing Pei Ze take a step, Xu Lishan was shocked to realize that his question was in a hurry. When asked in public, it seemed that he cared very much about Xiao Yanzhi's return, in other words, he cared very much about the position of the eldest son. That's not good.

Hurriedly following Pei Ze's footsteps, the two walked side by side to the harem, and entered the Foguang Temple in all directions.

Pei Ze still didn't rush to answer Xu Lishan's question, first offered incense to the Buddha and kowtowed reverently.

Xu Lishan also followed.

After getting up, Pei Ze glanced at Xu Lishan, and then raised his feet and walked towards the courtyard behind Foguang Temple.

The backyard of Foguang Temple is open and quiet, and there is a heroic hall on the north side of the courtyard, which is dedicated to those generals who have made countless meritorious contributions but unfortunately died in battle, headed by Pei Ze's father. During the Qingming Festival and the New Year, the festival will be held here, but only Pei Ze will come on weekdays, and even the emperor is not very coming. And every time Pei Ze came, the little novice in Foguang Temple would deliberately avoid it, creating a moment of purity for Pei Ze.

As soon as he stepped into the Valhalla, Pei Zecai opened his mouth and said in a low voice: "Be cautious in your words and deeds, but you are just a mountain villager, what are you panicking about?" ”

Pei Ze didn't really think that Xiao Yanzhi was just a mountain villager, but he just felt that Xiao Yanzhi didn't want to go back to the palace from the bottom of his heart, if he hadn't been chased and arrested, I am afraid that he would have returned to Jiangnan to continue his business at this time. Pei Ze couldn't say why he was so sure, but he just felt that Xiao Yanzhi didn't want to enter the palace and didn't want to be involved with them, and he was not a threat to Xu Lishan.

Xu Lishan knew that he had lost his temper before, pursed his lips, and said, "But Brother Pei, my father has put so much thought into him, and he is not just a mountain villager. ”

Xu Lishan and Pei Ze are eight years apart, Xu Lishan was born in the second year when the emperor led the army, when the war was tight, children and women were placed in a safe village, at that time there were few children, few women, and couldn't afford to buy maids, Pei Ze helped take care of Xu Lishan, and then Pei Ze joined the army on the battlefield first, Xu Lishan also went to the front line to fight, Pei Ze became a pioneer all the way, Xu Lishan always led the troops to support Pei Ze. After the emperor became the emperor, Xu Lishan became the prince, and this time he changed Pei Ze to Xu Lishan as support. In private, Xu Lishan will also call Pei Ze "Brother Pei".

"Spent a lot of time?" Pei Ze sneered, "If you really think about it, you should have sent someone to pick up their mother and son on the day of the incident, but it was only mentioned three years later, but it was just that there were people in the court who talked a lot, and His Majesty wanted to have a good reputation." Do what you have to do, you don't have to worry about his things. ”

Although there is no guarantee that Xiao Yanzhi's inner thoughts will change after entering the palace, this person is under their noses, can he still turn the world upside down?

And Xu Lishan didn't want to think about the fact that he accepted Xu Lishan's mother and current concubine in the first year of the Majesty Incident, and then he accepted concubines one after another, otherwise how did Xu Lishan's younger brothers and sisters come out? After becoming the emperor, His Majesty made all the concubines who gave birth to him concubines, but he did not mention the matter of taking the eldest prince's mother and son into the palace. Fortunately, the woman is dead, otherwise a queen who has changed her marriage will make Her Majesty die in her heart.

Xu Lishan nodded and said, "If that's the case, I'll be relieved." ”

Xu Lishan asked Pei Ze with concern how he had been doing this year, and the two went back to the dormitory together.

In order to show his attention to Pei Ze, the emperor treated his son Pei Ze as well as other princes, and after being named Queen Wucheng, he not only built a palace outside the palace, but also left a dormitory in the palace, and lived in the palace when he was busy. Xu Lishan lives in the Lizheng Palace, Pei Ze lives in the Daji Hall in the east of the Lizheng Palace, and the west of the Lizheng Hall is the Wanchun Palace, there is a palace wall between the three halls, but there is also a palace gate to communicate.

Xu Lishan still had a strong curiosity about Xiao Yanzhi in the end, so he took Pei Ze to Wanchun Hall together, saying that when Xiao Yan first entered the palace, his younger brother should go to greet him.

On the other side, Xiao Yanzhi, who was about to be greeted, was brought into the Wanchun Hall by Zhao Kang an hour ago.

As soon as he stepped into the Wanchun Hall from the Xianchun Gate, Xiao Yanzhi saw a group of people standing in the middle of the alley, at the door of a certain gate.

The group of people was also clever, although they didn't recognize Xiao Yanzhi, but they would never forget Zhao Kang's face, so as soon as they saw Zhao Kang walking far away with a person, followed by the guards, the group of people knelt down in unison.

When they were transferred to Wanchun Palace, they all heard that they were going to serve the eldest prince who had been separated from the emperor for a long time, and they knew that the eldest prince was going to return to Chang'an from Jiangnan and enter the palace, but they didn't expect that the eldest prince would enter the palace in coarse cloth clothes......

In any case, after all, he is the eldest prince, even if he wears coarse cloth clothes, he is also a nobleman, so when he heard the footsteps approaching, a group of people greeted him energetically.

Xiao Yanzhi stopped in front of this group of people, and his eyes quickly swirled around the crowd.

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi's expression still hadn't changed, Zhao Kang muttered in his heart.

The eldest prince was still trembling with fright when he saw His Majesty, but as soon as he left the Liangyi Palace, he seemed to have changed his appearance, walking with his head held high, even if he was wearing coarse cloth clothes, he couldn't see the previous rural atmosphere, but it was better to say that this coarse cloth clothes were worn on the eldest prince but showed an uninhibited chivalrous spirit, and he was still an elegant hero.

Moreover, he was telling the eldest prince all the way how His Majesty attached importance to the eldest prince, but after hearing this, the eldest prince only smiled lightly and dealt with him a few words, and said it decently, as if the eldest prince also had a feeling of admiration for His Majesty, but he felt that this eldest prince did not think so in his heart.

Zhao Kang served a concubine of the previous dynasty before serving the current saint, and he was mixed in the harem all the year round, and what he needed most was the ability to discern gold, Zhao Kang thought that his ability to see people was still good, and this prince was still good for the time being.

"Your Highness, this is the Wanchun Palace, these are all personally selected by His Majesty to serve you, in the future, your food, clothing and daily life will be taken care of by them, Your Highness, do you see that there are people who do not like you? If there is, the old slave will help you change. ”

"These people are all arranged by His Majesty?" Xiao Yanzhi roughly counted, there were about 20 men and women.

"Exactly, they were all personally selected by His Majesty." Zhao Kang hurriedly replied.

Xiao Yanzhi pondered for a moment, and then said, "Since it was arranged by His Majesty, then so be it." Get up. ”

Even if there was a request, he shouldn't have asked for it. How can a country man make a mistake in the palace?

However, Xiao Yanzhi didn't realize that his words and deeds were enough to attract attention. If you are accustomed to words and deeds, can you say that you can change them?

Zhao Kang's eyes flashed, and his evaluation of Xiao Yanzhi suddenly became a few points higher.

After the eunuchs and palace maids got up one after another, they secretly looked at the eldest prince, and some people exclaimed in surprise.

"In words?!"